National Not Novel Writing Month

I've done a bit more on the novel today. In the initial writing phase I was hoping to get as much done in as short a time as possible and signed up to National Novel Writing Month in October. Call it cheating but I'd decided, in order to capitalise on my enthusiasm, to get a head start before November began, especially as I had a few weekends away in November. I wrote intensively and ended up feeling knackered. When November rolled around I switched into poetry mode and didn't write a single word of prose during NaNoWriMo, picking it back up in December just to be awkward.

Now my feeling is that a little and often is the way to go. It gives things the time they need to develop naturally. Even so, I can see a few distractions on the horizon: other projects, various computer games, reading and a busy social calendar. But that's fine; distractions are the fun part of life.